Non-refillable bottle.



' No. 756,584. PATBNTED APR. 5, 1904.

G. D. GHASE & E. P. DOLE. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1903. N0 MODEL.

@WalW YUNITED STATES Patented April 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES DAVID CHASE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, AND EDMUND PEARSONDOLE, OF HONOLULU, TERRITORY OF HAWAII.

NON-REFILLABLE' BOTTLE.

$PECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,584, dated April5, 1904.

Application filed June 11, 1903. Serial No. 161,010- O 06.8

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLEs DAVID CHASE,

residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, and EDMUND PEARSON DOLE, residing at Honolulu, in the Islandof Oahu and Territory of Hawaii, citizens of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to certain new and useful improvementsin bottlesof that class known as non-refillable bottles, and which have for theirpurpose to prevent the fraudulent refilling of a bottle after itsoriginal contents have been withdrawn. Many attempts have been made toaccomplish the purpose named and many devices having that end in Viewhave been constructed; but so far as we are aware none of such deviceshave proven successful for the reason that they either are not practicalunder all circumstances or become inoperative and ineflicienaby reasonof complex and expensive construction and the tending to soon get out ofadjustment.

Our invention has for its object to provide simple and economic meanswhich shall automatically prevent the refilling of a bottle or othercontaining vessel after its original contents have been withdrawn andwhich shall be effective for its purpose under any and all conditions.

"With these ends in view our invention consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement hereinafter more fully explained.

In order that those skilled in the art to which our invention appertainsmay know how to make and use the same and fully appreciate its operationand advantages, we will proceed to describe our improvement, referringby letters to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents acentral vertical section of the neck and a portion of the breast of abottle with our improvements in proper position to prevent thefraudulent refilling of I the bottle. Fig. 2 represents in perspectivethe several parts constituting the controller removed from the neck ofthe bottle. Fig. 3 represents a section similar to Fig. 1 and with thebottle in position to permit the escape of its contents, thecontroller-valve and tubular receptacle being of modified constructionto that shown at Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of themodified valve and tubular seat removed from the neck of the bottle.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

A represents a bottle or other receptacle, within the neck or exitportion of which is formed an annular groove B or two oppositelydisposedrecesses adapted to receive and interlock with the ends of a U-shapeddevice C for securing a guard to the controller devices in properrelation with the bottle. The device C is located within a wire cage D,and the spring ends of the device C pass through diametric orifices Enear the upper end of the wall of the cage and are adapted to springinto the annular groove or recesses B, and the cage D, thus located andlocked in position, constitutes a guard against any fraudulentmanipulation of the controller devices located below the same.

The neck of the bottle A is formed with an enlarged chamber G, which isseparated from the main chamber or body of the bottle by a floor orpartition H, with an axial channel or passage adapted to receive atubular valve receptacle I, at thelower end of which is formed anannular interior flange J to constitute a seat for the lower end of areciprocating valve, to be presently explained. The lower portion ofthis tubular valve-receptacle I is provided exteriorly with a thin corktube K, adapted to make a liquid-tight joint between the tube I and thesurrounding surface of the floor H in order that the contents of thebottle may not leak into the chamber Gr. While we have described andprefer this cork tube for making a tight joint, any other suitablematerial may be used.

The tubular valve-receptacle I is formedwith any desired .pumber ofperipheral openings L, constituting liquid-passages leading to thechamber G of the bottle. These passages terminate at the upper end at apredetermined locality, so as to leave a continuous tubular or ringportion M of sufficient proportions and strength to preserve thecylinings or passages L terminate at their lower.

' extremities, so as tol'eave a continuous closed cylindrical portion Nsufficiently high to constitute a perfect guard for the lower end of therecipi ocating valve and to prev ent the passage of the liquid contentsof the bottle to the chamber G until the valve has moved a desired orpredetermined distance.

O-is a tubular valve of substantially the same construction as thetubular receptacle I and likewise having peripheral passages P and solidor ring portions Q and a closed bottom R. This valve 0 is adapted to fitwithin the tubular receptacle I and its closed bottom to be seated uponthe interior flange J thereof. Both the valve 0 and its tubularreceptacleI are so constructed as described that they shall have amplestability to preserve their forms, while also permitting the freestpossible fiow of the contents of the bottle through the pas sages L andP, as will be presently explained, and at the same time presenting aminimum of frictional surfaces between the two devices. To avoid thepossibility of undue adhesion between the closed bottom of the valve 0and the flange J of the tube I when the parts become wet, the saidflange I is made as narrow as possible consistent with constituting asubstantial seat for the valve.

When the several parts are assembled and arranged as shown at Fig. 1,the tube I will be in liquid-tight contact at its upper and lowerextremities with the terminus of the neck proper of the bottle and theside wall of the axial orifice in the floor H, respectively, and willthus be protected against longitudinal movement, which is supplemented,in so far as the upward movement thereof is concerned, by the presenceof the gauze-wire cage D, the bottom of which is, as shown, in contactwith the upper extremity of the tube I, and as the U-shaped device Csecurely locks the cage in position the latter tends to hold the tube Iin its fixed position and also in an obvious manner guards the entrancefrom without to the tube I, and consequently protects the valve 0, whichis located within the tube, against fraudulent manipulation. This cagealso subserves the purpose of limiting the outward movement of the valveand also closes any space between the upper end of the tube I and wallof the neck of the bottle to such an extent as to cause theconcentration of any inward flow of liquid directly upon the valve andcloses or seats the same instantly.

If desired, any space existing between the tube I and the wall of theneck-orifice may be closed and a tight joint secured in the same mannerthat a tight joint is secured between the lower end of the tube I andthe wall of the axial opening of the floor H.

The wire cage D is for convenience of manipulation made in two parts, asshown at Fig. 2, the top body integral and a cup-shaped bottom portionadapted to rest upon the upper end of the tube I. When the cage is inposition, it cannot be.removed -without manipulating or destroying it,and hence such condition would clearly indicate that the valve deviceshad been tampered with and the integrity of the contents of the bottledestroyed.

In the modification illustrated at Figs. 3 and 4 the valve 0 is shownwith the bottom open and the top R closed, which is the reverse of theconstruction shown at Figs. 1 and 2, and the tubular valve-receptacle Iis shown with its lower closed portion N of greater extent in order thatcommunication between the interior of the body of the bottle and thechamber G cannot occur until the openings L and P in the tube I andvalve 0 come into proper register bythe reciprocating movement of thevalve, said movement in the upward or outward direction being in thiscase limited by a cross-bar S, arranged in the tube I.

Having described the construction and arrangement of the several parts,we will now describe the operation of the same. As clearly shown at Fig.1, and assuming the bottle to be empty or partially so, communicationbetween the chamber G and the interior of the body of the bottle iseffectually closed by the presence and position of the valve 0, and anattempt to introduce liquid of any kind into the bottle through theneck-passage will obviously load the valve and cause it to effectuallymaintain its seat within the tube I, thus preventingthe flow or passageof the fluid to the interior of the bottle. 1f the bottle be turned intothe emptying position, (shown at Fig. 3,) liquid obviously could only bepassed into the neck of the bottle under pressure or by submerging thebottle in the same, and in either case the pressure of the liquid uponthe light and easily-reciprocating valve 0 would cause the same to moveupward and in close contact with its seat J, thus effectually closingcommunication between the chamber G and the interior of the bottle. Inother words, the reciprocating valve 0 is, in so far as its action isconcerned, a float-valve and sensitive to such a degree that itnecessarily moves in the direction of the flow of the liquid it isdesigned to regulate. When the bottle is caused to assume the positionshown at Fig. 3, and assuming that it is wholly or partially filled, thegravity of the fluid will cause the valve to V reciprocate to theposition shown, in which position it has traveled outwardly from itsseat upon the flange J of the tube I, and the passages or openings P inthe periphery or side wall have been brought into register with thesimilar passages or openings L of the tube I, so that the contents ofthe bottle are free to flow in the direction of the arrow below theclosed bottom or top, as the case may be, of the valve and into thechamber G, and from said chamber, as indicated by the second arrow,through the registered opening of the valve 0 and tube I into the neckof the bottle and through the wire cage D to the exit.

The drawings accompanying this specification are made upon a scalerepresenting an ordinary full quart-bottle, and the controller devicesare shown as made upon a corresponding scale. The inside diameter of theneck of the bottle is preferably made slightly greater than the diameterof the valve-seat tube I and the axial passage through the partition orfloor H in order to facilitate the introduction and proper location ofthe tube I.

Many slight variations in the details of construction and arrangement ofthe several parts may be made for the convenience or economy ofmanufacture without departing from the spirit of our invention. of usingcork or similar substances to constitute a packing and to make a tightjoint between the tube I and the surfaces of glass with which itcontacts the glass may be suitably ground to produce what is commonlyknown as a ground joint.

When the bottle or similar receptacle is designed to containslow-flowing liquids, it may be desirable to increase the diameter ofthe neck of the bottle and the capacity of the chamber G, and when it isdesigned to contain liquids of a somewhat sticky nature, such asWorcestershire sauce or wines rich in sugar, a cross-bar or radial pinmay be substituted for the continuous annular flange J, in order todecrease the area of contact between the valve and its seat.

Having described the construction and operation of our improved bottle,what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a bottle having a chamber at and below the lowerterminus of the neck-orifice and of a diameter greater than the same andwith a partition or floor between the enlarged chamber and the interiorspace of the bottle and provided with an axial orifice For instance, inlieu or passage; a tube open at both ends and provided with peripheralopenings or passages and seated at each end within the orifice in theneck and the axial passage of the floor or partition respectively; areciprocating valve located within the tube and having peripheralpassages adapted to register with the like passages in the tube andhaving one end closed; a valve-seat at or near the bottom of the tube tosupport the valve; means for limiting the movement of the valve awayfrom its seat, and means within the neck of the bottle to guard thevalve against fraudulent manipulation, substantially as hereinbefore setforth.

2. In a bottle such as described, and having an enlarged chamber at theterminus of the orifice in the neck, and a partition or floor with anaxial passage therein between the enlarged chamber and the interiorspace of the bottle; a valve tube or receptacle sealed liquidtight atits lower end within the axial passage of the floor or partition andextending to and within the lower extremity of the orifice or passage inthe neck of the bottle, and having peripheral openings or passagesextending above the plane of the floor; a reciprocating valve mountedupon a seat within the containing-tube and having one end closed andperipheral passages or openings; a wire cage located within the neck ofthe bottle and above the valve-containing tube, and a spring-bar locatedwithin the wire cage and having its free ends extending through the cageand seated in a groove or recesses in the neck of the bottle,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a bottle such as described, and provided with the chamber G, tubeI, and valve 0, the tube I provided at or near its lower end with aninternal seat for the valve,-and means for limiting the movement of thevalve away from its seat, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

4:. In a bottle such as described, and provided'with the annular grooveor recesses B within the neck and provided with devices between the neckand breast for controlling the flow of liquid from or into the bottle,the twopart wire cage and the U-shaped device C, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES DAVID CHASE. EDMUND PEARSON DOLE.

Witnesses:

A. MAOKAY, E. A. KIELY.

